#E9EC60#E9EC60

#E9EC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.160 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC60
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 96)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -18.45, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 68.20, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0557 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.16 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.7129, 78.1607, 22.6890)
Luminance	0.7816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC60 #6360EC

analogous

#ECA960 #E9EC60 #A3EC60

triadic

#E9EC60 #60E9EC #EC60E9

tetradic

#E9EC60 #60ECA9 #6360EC #EC60A3

square

#E9EC60 #60ECA9 #6360EC #EC60A3

split-complementary

#E9EC60 #60A3EC #A960EC

monochromatic

#B8BB16 #E1E529 #E9EC60 #F1F397 #F8F9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#E9EC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC60

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC60	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.160 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f293',
    500: '#e9ec60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec60;
$custom-light: #f3f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91477,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC60

secondary

#3936BA

accent

#0BDB0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC60

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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